KW: Eleanor Welski asks: What is your upcoming film Zeroville about? I see that it has a lot of the same cast as This Is the End.ĬR: Yeah, well Franco is directing that, so he called us in, and we were like, “Yeah, yeah, of course!” Once you’re familiar with someone’s track record, you know immediately whether or not you want to work with them. So, I’m not going to worry about being typecast, I’m just going to continue doing what I do. People kept saying, “Hey man, I got this role for you as a bouncer.” But in my mind, I was thinking, “Well, I’ve done that.” Then, when I was playing Darryl on “The Office,” some people started hating on me, saying I was best in small doses after a publication announced that I had landed a lead in a movie. Right away, I had four or five offers to play another bouncer. I was first typecast after playing a bouncer in Knocked Up. KW: Harriet Pakula-Teweles asks: Did you worry about running the risk of being typecast by agreeing to do the sequel?ĬR: Not at all. ![]() We definitely tip our hat to the original, but we also break new ground. Was that the case with Hot Tub Time Machine 2, or does the sequel focus more on breaking new ground?ĬR: That’s a great question, Sangeetha. KW: Sangeetha Subramanian says: Craig, sequels can be great for reviving themes and running jokes from an original movie. Did you have another memorable moment like that in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ?ĬR: Yes, except this time it was with Rob Corddry. KW: Larry Greenberg says: You mentioned sharing a special moment with Jessica Paré while shooting the original Hot Tub Time Machine, and that you enjoyed watching that scene over and over again. Plus you bring along what you’ve learned since last time. So, you have a sense of what makes each other tick and what makes each other laugh. It was like being with friends, with people you already know. KW: What was it like getting back together with director Steve Pink and your co-stars Rob and Clark?ĬR: There’s nothing but love and trust there, so it was great. Besides that, the heat was an issue at times, since we shot in New Orleans for a couple months. But that worry quickly changed to “Oh, it’s on!” So, the initial concern was about what was going to happen. Let me start with: What was the primary challenge you faced in getting back into the hot tub?ĬR: With the addition of Adam Scott to the principal cast, the primary challenge was whether there would be chemistry. As usual, I’ll be mixing in my questions with some from readers. Kam Williams: Hey Craig, thanks for another interview.Ĭraig Robinson: My pleasure, Kam. Here, he talks about reprising the role of Nick in Hot Tub Time Machine 2, a sci-fi comedy co-starring Rob Corddry, Clark Duke and Adam Scott. Robinson,” a TV show loosely based on his life as a teacher in Chicago. And later this year, look for the premiere of “Mr. ![]() More recently, Robinson has starred in Escape from Planet Earth, Peeples and This Is the End. He subsequently kept audiences glued to their seats as one of the henchman hunting Seth Rogen and James Franco’s bumbling stoner characters in Pineapple Express, and made fans squirm when he co-starred with Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Success on “The Office” and his stand-up prowess quickly brought Robinson to the attention of Judd Apatow who cast him as the sensitive bouncer in Knocked Up. He soon went on to perform on “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” and on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Now, headlining venues and festivals across the country, he does both solo acts as well as sets with his seven-piece band, The Nasty Delicious, thereby tying together his lyrical comedy with his finesse at the piano. That year, he also won the Miller Genuine Draft Comedy Search. It was while he was studying Education that he also discovered his love of acting and comedy when he joined the famed Second City Theatre.Īs a stand-up comic, Robinson first made a splash at the 1998 “Just for Laughs” Festival in Montreal. He earned his undergraduate degree from Illinois State University and his Masters of Education from St. ABOVE PHOTO: Craig Robinson and his cohorts in a scene from Hot Tub Time Machine 2.Ĭraig Robinson is arguably best known for his role as acerbic Dunder-Mifflin employee Darryl Philbin on NBC’s Emmy-winning “The Office.” Regardless of what role you know him from, he is definitely a world away from his original career intentions.īefore deciding to pursue his comedy career full time, Robinson was a K-8 teacher in the Chicago Public School System.
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